Mihai Tudose

Mihai Tudose (6 March 1967-) was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 June 2017 to 16 January 2018, succeeding Sorin Grindeanu and preceding Mihai Fifor.

Biography
Mihai Tudose was born in Braila, Romania on 6 March 1967, and he entered politics in 1992 with the Social Democratic Party of Romania. He entered Parliament in 2000 and served as deputy for Braila County for five terms, and he served as Economy Minister from 2014 to 2015 and in 2017. In 2017, he became Prime Minister after Sorin Grindeanu lost a vote of no-confidence, but he was involved in a plagiarism scandal for his doctoral work and was forced to resign after his comments opposing Hungarian autonomy led to infighting in his party and a lack of confidence in his leadership.